Rotary motor.



PATENTED JUNE 13, 1905.

O. A. ROYSE.

ROTARY MOTOR.

C. A. ROYSB.

ROTARY MOTOR. I A

PATENTBD JUNE 13,1905

'lllll'lllll'li UNITED STATES Patented June 13, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES A. ROYSE, OF LIMA, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES C. ROYSE AND GEORGE H. SHAGKELTON, OF ANDERSON, INDIANA.

ROTARY MOTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 792,079, dated. June 13, 1905.

Application filed July 28, 1904:. Serial No. 218,572.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. RoYsE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lima, in the county of Allen and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rotary Motors, of which the following is a specification.

. This invention relates to rotary motors, and has for one of its objects to provide a simple, inexpensive, durable, and efficient motor for the creation of motive force or power.

. Another object of the invention resides in the provision of a structure wherein the turbine or piston wheel and the rotary driving member, together with their respective casings, are rendered adjustable upon the base, upon which they are mounted.

a. A further object of the invention resides'in the provision of a peculiarly-formed turbine or piston wheel wherein the pockets are arranged in stagger relation in the periphery thereof, there being a radial flange upon the opposite faces of the turbine or piston wheel, which form a wall of each of said pockets.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a turbine or piston wheel wherein the pockets are of a peculiar formation.

It is still further designed to provide a simple and economically-constructed motor for the creation of motor force or power to be used in various capacities-that is to say, wher ever pneumatic or other power may be conveniently and satisfactorily utilized.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the present invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the motor constructed and arranged in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of my invention, the casings of the turbine or piston wheel andthe fan-wheel or motor removed. Fig. 3 is aface' view of the turbine or piston wheel. Fig. I is a detail sectional view on the line a a of Fig. l, and Fig. 5 is a detail sectional View taken on the line I) o of Fig. 3.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings, the reference character 1 designates a base having one portion raised to a plane higher than the other portion, each portion having a longitudinal slot therein, as indicated by the reference characters 2 and 3, the base being supported above the ground or floor by means of suitable supporting members 4 and 5.

Secured in any manner to one end of the base 1 is arranged a standard 6, corresponding with another standard 7, disposed at the opposite end of the base and secured in any suitable manner upon the supporting member 4. These standards are designed to receive and support the shaft 8, for a purpose presently explained.

9 designates a turbine or piston wheel, which is keyed in any suitable manner upon the shaft 8. This wheel is preferably formed of a single piece of suitable material and provided with staggered pockets formed in peculiar shape, as shown, the periphery of the wheel disclosing a zigzag edge, each pocket being pressed, cast, or otherwise formed to incline with respect to the edge of the wheel, there being a flange 10 arranged upon opposite sides of the wheel and forming part of a wall of each pocket. In other words, it will be noticed that the front part 11 of each pocket is arranged, preferably, on a level with the flange 10, just alluded to, being inclined downwardly and away from said flange to the rear curved wall 12, as shown. It will be observed, too, that the rear wall of each pocket curves around along the edge or periphery of the wheel and that the periphery of the wheel by reason of this formation of the rear wall of the pockets is of greater width than the wheel at that portion where the lateral flanges 10 are formed. A still further feature of the wheel to be observed is that the closed side wall 13 of each pocket is deeper along its meeting engagement with the flanges 10 and the rear and side walls of the pockets than at its front middle portion or, in other words, is convex in formation. By reason of this latter feature, which is the result of the peculiar formation of my turbine or piston wheel, the steam or other medium for driving the wheel impinges against the walls of the pockets in such manner as to drive the wheel positively.

Keyed upon the shaft 8 is arranged a fanwheel or motor having the peculiarly-formed blades 1 1. This fan wheel is arranged in close proximity to the turbine or piston wheel 9. By reason of the fact that the turbine wheel or piston and the fan-wheel or motor are keyed upon the shaft 8 both may be adjusted to different positions upon the latter, as well understood, and each is provided with a suitable casing 15 and 16, respectively, the former casing being designed to cooperate with the piston or turbine wheel to direct incoming steam, air, or water into the pockets to operate the wheel, while the latter casing is provided with an opening 17, designed to draw orsuck in air as the fan-wheel or motor is rotated, the air being driven out of the easing through the opening 18 for driving purposes or any other use to which the motor may be assigned.

It has been stated that the turbine or piston wheel and the fan-wheel or motor were designed to be adjusted longitudinally upon the shaft 8, in view of which both casings 15 and 16 have been so formed at their bottom as to have a working fit in the slots 2 and 3 of the base, whereby the reduced ends 19 and 20 of the casings 15 and 16, respectively, may fit and slide longitudinally of the base within said slots, with their respective shoulders 21 and 22 resting upon the pairs of ribs or raised portions 23 and 2a of the base, as clearly shown in the drawings. These casings may be secured in their adjusted positions in any suitable manner.

In order to operate the turbine or piston wheel, either steam, air, or water may be utilized, the course of supply being not shown in the drawings. Let it be understood that steam, air, or water is conveyed to either side of the turbine or piston wheel through the branch pipes 26 and 27, there being a valve 28, designed to direct the fluid through either or both of said branch pipes. Arranged upon opposite sides of the turbine or piston wheel casing and exterior thereof are pockets 29, having open upper ends for the reception of the jets 30 and 31, secured to the free ends of the branch pipes 26 and 27, respectively. The casing 15 may be provided with an exhaust at any suitable point; but in this instance the exhaust is provided in the bottom of the neck portion 15 of said casing.

It will thus be understood that as the steam, air, or water enters the casing 15 it impinges against the walls of the pockets of the turbine of the piston-wheel, revolving the latter according to the pressure of the fluid-supply, said wheel being fixedly mounted upon the said shaft 8, causing the latter to revolve rapidly, carrying with it the fan-wheel or motor secured thereto. As the fan-wheel or motor is rotated a vacuum-suction is created, drawing or sucking air through the opening 17 into the casing 16, from which it is discharged through the opening 18 for driving or other purposes.

It is to be understood that forms other than that shown for driving purposes may be employed, if desired. For instance, one other form may reside in the substitution of an ordinary pulley-wheel (not shown) in lieu of the fan-wheel 1 1, and when the pulley-wheel is used it is obvious that it would be fixedly secured to the shaft, as is the fan-wheel, and that a belt (not shown) would be associated therewith in connection with a distant plant, machine, apparatus, or device (not shown) to be operated through the medium of the motor. Of course in the employment of the pulley-wheel in lieu of the fan-wheel the easing could be used, if desired; but in all probability the same would be dispensed with for obvious reasons. It is thought that this modilied construction and arrangement just alluded to is so obvious that illustration is entirely unnecessary.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a rotary motor, a base having longitudinal slots therein and standards mounted thereupon, a shaft journaled in the standards, a piston-wheel mounted upon the shaft, a casing inclosing the piston-wheel, said casing be ing adjustably mounted in one of the slots of the base, a motor adjustably mounted upon the shaft, and means for rotating the pistonwheel.

2. In a rotary motor, a base having longitudinal slots therein and standards mounted thereupon, the base having ribs upon its upper surface arranged in parallel relation upon opposite sides of the said slots, a shaft journaled in the standards, a piston-wheel adj ustably mounted upon the shaft, a casing inclosing the piston-wheel, said casing having its lower end reduced and adjustably mounted in one of the slots of the base and resting upon the corresponding aforesaid ribs, a motorwheel adjustably mounted upon the shaft, a casing inclosing the motor-wheel, the lastmentioned casing having its lower end reduced and adj ustably mounted within one of the slots of the base and resting upon the corresponding aforesaid ribs, and means for rotating the piston-wheel.

3. In a rotary motor, the combination with a base having longitudinal slots therein and standards mounted thereupon, of a shaft journaled in the standards, a piston-wheel mounted upon the shaft, a casing inclosing the piston-wheel, said casing being adjustably mounted in one of the slots of the base, a motorwheel mounted upon the shaft, a casing inclosing the motor-wheel, the last-named casing being adjustably mounted within one of the slots of the base, and means for rotating the piston-wheel.

4. In a rotary motor, a base having a slot formed therein and standards mounted thereupon, a shaft journaled in the standards, a piston-Wheel ad justably mounted upon the shaft, a casing having its lower end reduced and fitting within the aforesaid slot of the base, said casing being adjustably mounted within said slot of the base and with relation to the adjustment of the piston-wheel, and means for rotating the latter.

5. A piston-wheel having pockets formed in its periphery upon opposite sides thereof and in stagger relation, the closed side of each pocket being convex in formation.

6. Apiston-wheel having pockets formed in its periphery upon opposite sides thereof and in stagger relation, the front of each pocket forming the rear wall of the preceding alining pocket, the rear of each pocket being deeper than the front portion thereof and the closed side of each poket being convex in formation.

7. A piston-wheel having pockets formed in its periphery upon opposite sides thereof and in stagger relation, and flanges formed upon opposite faces of the wheel forming part of the wall of the pockets.

8. A piston-wheel having pockets formed in its periphery, the closed side of each pocket being inclined rearwardly and convex in formation.

9. A piston-wheel having pockets formed in its periphery upon opposite sides thereof and in stagger relation, the closed side of each pocket being inclined rearwardly and convex in formation.

10. A piston-Wheel having pockets formed in its periphery, the closed side of each pocket being convex in formation.

11. A piston-wheel having pockets formed in its periphery upon opposite sides thereof, the closed side of each pocket being convex in formation.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

CHARLES A. RoYsE.

Witnesses:

R. C. EASTMAN, B. F. VVELTY. 

